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Just for the record, I've wanted a 1st gen Valiant since I first saw one (around age 4). Also I've always been a fan of most of the early 60s...
Every time I see a pic of your car, I fall in love all over again. Keep up the good work!
My bobtail T will use a painted shell, though not from a T or an A...but it is close to a '28-'29 A shell in proportions. The original...
Have you found any manufacturer info on the steering wheel? That S/W may have a special connection for me. Prior the Depression, a friend of my...
That car is the #1 influence in my decision to undertake my project. To me it was and is the definition of simple elegance. Somewhere along the...
I wish back in the late '80s I'd known there would be a demand for the old MG/Austin Healey seats. Back in the '70s when I was rehabbing those...
I am just totally blown away! I encountered this thread a week or so ago in a Google search and saved a link for future reference. Today I've...
Well, I did call it quits...for 35+ years. It's one of my biggest life regrets. After college I got a "Time to set all this car nonsense aside...
Ehhhhh.... Everyone's definition of performance is going to vary to some degree or alot. Build what you want and is within your...
Who ever built that truck must have been channeling my long departed dad. His wheeled weapon of choice formula was a pumped up cross-ram MOPAR...
The actual bills, yes...the financial repercussions from those bills, a dozen years later, no.
Every time I see a belly tank o the bay I wish I still had the health and fabrication skills to tackle doing a street legal one passenger...
Hmmmm....I'm kind of liking the Moon disc idea
Thanks! The project will be waiting, but I'm beginning to wonder if I'm going to be up to the task. I knew going in that it would be a race...
Thanks!
Just last week I was pondering what daily driver vehicle I'd search for to be my only vehicle, given sufficient funds. What I decided on was an...
The smiling gentleman below was the original builder of that car...and my uncle. He and his car are responsible for my desire to build a car....
Not much going on here. Health issues have had me not feeling up to doing anything. The only thing that's gotten done is opening up the rear end...
The offroad sites typically have a large number of leaf spring mounting brackets that may help.
No inspections in Kentucky, but for first time registration of built vehicles receipts for EVERYTHING are required.
An old Poly would be my first choice for MOPAR power. The more modern 273/318/340 would be my 2nd choice....especially an old 273, in part just...
Back when I was single and living in northern Ohio, I stuck to the 2 and sometimes 1 laners almost exclusively. One of my favorite things to do...
I will be converting my OT car to H4s soon, and plan on H4s if at all possible with the lights I have for my bobtail T project. So far, the only...
Actually, my earliest memory involves one of my dad's many MOPARs. Back in the '30s my dad had been roommates with a guy who later became a very...
Just my .2 cents worth.... The repairs are a given, including body work and paint. On the paint issue, I'd only go with black if the body is...
When I first laid eyes on the seed of my project it was an unphotogenic mass of hoses and wires that formed a cocoon balanced on an old tire on...
That's pretty much what I thought, but all of this discussion is like going back to school for me. I've never gotten into any exhaust science....
From what I can tell in the pics, and what you describe, that's what I remember. Is something that simple functional enough to be worth while?
How long of a thumb screw are you talking about? Will this work with baffles in the pipes already creating backpressure?
I can't even make up my own mind on what constitutes a hot rod...LOL. A lot of folks will not think what I'm building is a hot rod, but to me it...
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